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Google’s lawyers might not be so down with employee activism, after all

sudshr47 January 25, 2019

The Google brass was totally in favor of those massive employee walkouts, right?
Google CEO Sundar Pachai has said that he and the company support employee efforts to organize and improve Google; however, Bloomberg reported Thursday that Google attor…

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Australia rushes its ‘dangerous’ anti-encryption bill into parliament, despite massive opposition

sudshr47 December 5, 2018

Australia’s controversial anti-encryption bill is one step closer to becoming law, after the two leading but sparring party political giants struck a deal to pass the legislation. The bill, in short, grants Australian police greater powers to issue “technical notices” — a nice way of forcing companies — even websites — operating in Australia to […]

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Despite minimum wage increase, some Amazon workers say losing stock options and bonuses means they will make less

sudshr47 October 4, 2018

Amazon’s announcement this week that it will raise its minimum wage for workers in the United States and United Kingdom earned it a wave of positive publicity, but backlash is already growing as reports emerge that its new pay structure will do away with monthly bonuses and stock option awards. In blog posts about the […]

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Amazon will now pay all of its U.S. employees at least $15

sudshr47 October 2, 2018

Amid increasing public pressure, Amazon has announced it will be raising the minimum wage of all its employees in the U.S. to at least $15 an hour.

The increase in pay for Amazon workers will kick in almost immediately, with the new $15 wage beginning next month.

According to a statement released today by the online retail giant, the wage increase will affect more than 350,000 workers. That number also covers over 100,000 seasonal employees who will soon be hired at by the company throughout the United States for the holidays.” Amazon currently employs around 575,000 workers around the world. Read more…

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